Senator Bean Proposes Health Choice Plus Program

Senator Bean offered Senate Bill 1844 as an alternative to Senator Negron's proposal to extend health care coverage to the uninsured. The bill was approved by the Senate Health Policy Committee, but has not been referred to other committees for hearings. The bill does not allow for the use of federal funding authorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); it establishes the "Health Choice Plus Program" and contains language that defines the program as follows:

Background

Establishes a "benefit program" for uninsured individuals under 100 percent of the federal poverty level

Expands the Florida Health Choices Program to manage the new approach to health care service delivery